Sew-therapy » Needlework

Summer is finally here!

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:16:58 +0000

A few weeks ago we had a beautiful Saturday morning, the weekend every year when people are urged to put things on their sidewalks for free. Since I (and my offspring) can’t resist a yard sale, we set off in hopes of finding some neat treasures. We did find some cute stuff, although not many people in our side of town participated. Now, my son is all about free stuff. It really bugs him that people would throw perfectly good things away, therefore he MUST rescue them:

He fought me tooth and nail to take this home because sometimes he just needs a bigger suitcase:

As for me, I was not so lucky as to find something super useful. I did however find some nice old books (still in great shape):

look at this one….it’s my very favorite…

all of the pictures are needlework…so creative.

I hope that next year more people participate…or we’ll just go to a better part of town

Back to work on the bottled rainbows… I have 4 more blocks to post pictures of later…

Leanne

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Wedding bells always make me smile…

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:18:25 +0000

I’m slowly recovering from a solo trip to a friends wedding. Spending some amazing quality time with old friends always makes me happy. It was a beautiful wedding! The groom even sang a song for the bride. I decided to hand make the gift I gave them, here’s what it looked like:

obviously when I gave it to them it was properly stretched and framed In a handpainted brown frame…although I didn’t think to take a picture of it then…

I was inspired by Etsy seller Cosyblue :

I wanted to get this pillow, but I didn’t have enough time before the wedding. I am, of course, a last minute person.

I love weddings.

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40 hours later…almost done

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:19:56 +0000

just a few more finishing touches needed. I think i’m going to trace the white outer edges with black a bit…i find it annoying that i can’t see the picture well enough. Now that it’s done, i have no idea what to do with it. I’m torn between mounting it on canvas, or framing it…any ideas? I love being able to stitch while watching T.V. I’m almost through the second season of Criminal Minds… awesomeness.

up next… de-stashing some stamping stuff left over from that craft obsession… look for it on an Etsy near you… or message me if you might be looking for some stampin up supplies.

Back to Dr. Reid… mmmmmmm

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Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:29:27 +0000

Just dropping in to post what I’ve been working on this week. We watched Alice in Wonderland the other day, it’s one of my very favorite movies. So i decided that i would like to use it. I printed out a coloring page and transferred it to a hand embroidery pattern,that was a first for me. Turns out it’s a pretty huge task with all the little details and such. here’s where i am progress wise….. I still have to finish the white Rabbit, and Alice and some little details (they’re off to the left of the picture… this alone took me over 20 hours…) yikes! i guess I’m petty slow, although this is my second big-ish hand embroidery.

here’s the one practice piece i did before attempting this one…

well, were off on an overnight trip tomorrow,lots of time to work in the car i suppose… then it’s back to Christmas gift making. I don’t know about you guys, but I think I have crafters ADD. Wayyyyyy too many things started, not enough finished. happy weekend Everyone!

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